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Employment Growth From Public Support Of Innovation In Small Firms, Albert N. Link, John T. Scott

Upjohn Press

Link and Scott provide a statistical assessment of the employment growth associated with public support of R&D in small, entrepreneurial firms through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.

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Dragon Versus Eagle: The Chinese Economy And U.S.-China Relations, Wei-Chiao Huang Editor, Huizhong Zhou Editor

Upjohn Press

This book contains a group of papers that examine the complex and evolving economic relationship between China and the United States.

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News’ Australian Story Of Ethics And Self-Regulation: A Cautionary Tale, Rhonda Breit, Matthew Ricketson

Graduate School of Media and Communications

I know the newsrooms, I know how cultures develop, and I’m hugely confident that there is no improper or unethical behaviour in our newsrooms.

(ABC 2011, 14 July)
This is how News Limited Chairman and Chief Executive John Hartigan publicly defended the ethical culture of News’ Australian operations in the week following News of the World’s (NoW’s) closure. Speaking during an interview on ABC’s 7.30 Report, Hartigan continued in his defence of Rupert Murdoch’s Australian stable, following shock revelations that NoW had hacked into the phone messages of murdered teenager Milly Dowler:

We’re a company of values, like most companies, …

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Effects Of Image Congruency On Persuasiveness And Recall In Direct-To-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising, Kristen M. Kiernicki

Theses and Dissertations--Communication

Although direct-to-consumer (DTC) prescription drug advertising is regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, content analyses (Baird-Harris, 2009; Frosch, Krueger, Hornik, Cronbolm, & Berg, 2007; Kaphingst, DeJong, Rudd, & Daltroy, 2004; Wilkes, Bell, & Kravitz, 2000) and other studies (Davis, 2000, 2007) have suggested that advertisers may not disclose drug risks to the same extent that they describe drug benefits. This study builds on previous studies by Baird-Harris and Smith and Shaffer (2000) and aims to test the relationship between image congruency in televised DTC advertisements, recall of risks and benefits, and perceived ad persuasiveness. Advertisements for Nexium, Advair, …

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Institutional Factors Contributing To The Under-Representation Of African American Women In Higher Education: Perceptions Of Women In Leadership Positions, Kimberly Ann Robinson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

he purpose of this basic qualitative study was to examine the lived experiences of African American women who have obtained senior leadership positions in Predominantly White Higher Education Institutions. Data were collected through open-ended, phenomenological-oriented interviews with 12 African American women holding senior level positions in both academic and student affairs in the north and southeast parts of the United States. This study focused on the perceived institutional barriers that have contributed to the under-representation of African American women in higher education senior administration and strategies that were used to overcome perceived barriers. Critical Race Theory was used as a …

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Binding Accessibility And Online Anaphora Processing, Michael P. Mansbridge, Jeffrey Witzel

Linguistics & TESOL Faculty Publications & Presentations

No abstract provided.

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Trade In A Long Country, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa

Open Educational Resources

Students will identify ways in which people of Chile have adapted to life in each of the four regions. Students will analyze the relationship of physical features on trade in the U.S. and Iowa/Minnesota.

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Body Art, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa

Open Educational Resources

Students will explore the history of, uses of, and impacts of body art on cultures. Students will identify global practices of body art. Students will design their own works of body art.

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Bangladesh Through The Alphabet, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa

Open Educational Resources

Students will understand the difficulties of Bangladesh and possible solutions to those difficulties.

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An Immigration Debate, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa

Open Educational Resources

Students will understand that the needs of a nation may conflict with the needs of an individual or group.

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We're Going To Bangladesh - Now What?, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa

Open Educational Resources

Students will find out the entry requirements for the country of Bangladesh. Students will learn how to properly complete passport and visa application forms. Students will identify the need for vaccinations/immunizations and other medical treatment recommended for travelers to Bangladesh. Students will know how to find entry requirements for all countries and will be able to identify the process to be taken to get to any country in the world.

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I'Ll Trade You Dollars For Taka, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa

Open Educational Resources

Students will convert currency from USD (United States Dollars) to BDT (Bangladesh Taka) and vice versa. Students will familiarize themselves with common prices in BDT and make comparisons costs of similar items in USD.

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Regions Of Chile Using The Five Themes Of Geography, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa

Open Educational Resources

Students will define and explain the importance of these key geographic terms: climate, vegetation, population density. Students will describe the physical characteristics of four regions of Chile: Big North, Little North, Central, and South. Students will explain how physical features affect the people in an area. Students will identify ways in which people of Chile have adapted to life in each of the four regions. Students will analyze the relationship of physical features on trade in the U.S. and Minnesota. Students will become familiar with the characteristics of the regions of Chile.

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Migration Streams, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa

Open Educational Resources

Students will be able to identify reasons migrants leave a country and why they chose to go to certain countries and why they move within a country. Students will be able to make migration stream maps from data. Students will understand and compare migration streams of Chile and the U.S. Students will research local immigration.

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Pengaruh Penggabungan Mata Uang Di Uni Eropa Terhadap International Risk Sharing Dan Home Bias, Risna Triandhari, Sugiharso Safuan

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Indonesia

Resident of the industrialized countries can lower some of their economic risk they face by diversifying their portfolios including foreign assets. In the world with perfect capital mobility, international risk sharing will reduce saving with constant relative risk aversion. The objective of this study to analyze the impact of the establishment of single currency on the degree of international risk sharing and the home bias among country member of European Union (EU). Using panel data, the increasing output correlation between individual countries and group of eleventh countries indicate the adoption of single currency increase the degree of international risk sharing.

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Analisis Pengaruh Transfer Pemerintah Pusat Terhadap Upaya Pemungutan Pajak Kabupaten/Kota Di Indonesia, Ruth Nikijuluw

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Indonesia

The main objective of this research is to get analytical results about the impact of intergovernmental transfers on the municipalities tax effort over the period of 2005-2008. This research uses regression approach method to calculate tax effort index and panel regression method to address the impact of central government transfer. Empirical evidence supports that generally intergovernmental transfers in kind of dana perimbangan has a positive relation with local tax effort. Meanwhile using the component of dana perimbangan, an increase in the untied grants (block grants), Dana Alokasi Umum (DAU) and Dana Bagi Hasil (DBH), significantly pushes the growth of …

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Determinan Intensitas Energi Di Indonesia, Fitri Kartiasih, Yusman Syaukat, Lukytawati Anggraeni

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Indonesia

This study contributes to the existing literature by examining energy consumption, energy intensity and its determinants in Indonesia's aggregate and sectoral economy. Index Ideal Fisher uses to decompose two key determinants of changes in energy intensity - efficiency improvements and changes in economic activity - to analyze which determinant is more important in driving improvements in energy intensity. VAR/VECM analysis is used to determine which economic variables affect the aggregate intensity. The study found that energy intensity increased gradually. The main contributing factor in the national level is the changes in economic activity, while in the sectoral level is efficiency …

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Ua94/6/7 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Irene Gullette, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about Irene Gullette. This collection contains correspondence with WKU librarians and administrators regarding her time at WKU and her later accomplishments in the field of Library Science.

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Selective Asymmetric Capital Financing Behavior: Preference Towards Equity Financing, Donald Lien, Melody Lo, Jinlan Ni

Economics Faculty Publications

Using data from 1,217 publicly traded Chinese companies from 1994–2006, we show that the capital financing behavior of Chinese firms deviates substantially from the pecking order theory in that equity issues are always the preferred financing source for funding requirements. We further document the existence of a stylized asymmetric financing pattern — equity issues are used much more heavily over debt issues under the condition of a fund flow surplus versus a fund flow deficit, which is the result of Chinese firms selecting the degree of inherent equity-issue preference feasible to pursue given their fund flow condition.

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The International Criminal Court, The United States, And What Next., Alexandria Russell

The Corinthian

The International Criminal Court was set up in order to dissuade state officials from participating in behaviors that are considered war crimes and crimes against humanity. The U.S. is a major super power but not a pivotal character in the ICC institution. This fact has had negative effects on U.S. international policy. This paper explores first what the ICC is and how it came to be, and then addresses the weaknesses of the institution, U.S. relations with the ICC and how they effect U.S. international relations, and finally what policy changes need to be made in order to make the …

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Japoñolés: El Uso Del Japonés, Español E Inglés En La Comunidad Peruano Japonesa, Lily Niland

Fulbright Grantee Projects

In today's global economy, people from diverse cultures strive to find a balance between cultivating their heritage language and mastering the dominant languages that create economic opportunities. This ethnographic study examines a specific case of this cultural, linguistic, and emotional struggle by analyzing language mixture, usage, and change among the descendents of Japanese immigrants (Nikkei) in Lima, Peru. Participant observation, analysis of written sources, and recordings of public speeches and conversations in small groups are used to examine the current linguistic situation among diverse groups within the community; individual interviews are then used to explore the linguistic experiences, …

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The Effects Of Dual Enrollment Courses: Do They Prepare Students For College?, Ernesto Soto

McNair Scholars Research Journal

The focus on academic success starts early for many students. For example, many high school students have clear career goals and may take steps to ensure success at the collegiate level in order to achieve their goals (McWhirter, Torres, Salgado, & Valdez, 2007). Studies have shown that students who rate high on academic self-efficacy while in high school continue to succeed in their postsecondary education (Eccles, Vida, & Barber, 2004; Eccles & Wigfield, 2002). One method in which high school students can be better prepared for postsecondary education and increase their academic self-efficacy (Margolis & McCabe, 2004) is by participating …

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Generational Status, Sexual Behavior, And Alcohol Use Among College Students, Efren A. Velazquez

McNair Scholars Research Journal

The study examined the differences between first-generation college students and non-first-generation college students in sexual behavior and alcohol use. Examinations between how first-generation and non-first-generation college students have focused primarily on how they differ academically in college, while sexual behaviors and alcohol use has not been the focus in past literature. A total of 441 college students who enrolled in a general psychology course at a northwestern university took an online questionnaire comprised of various questions referring to sexual behavior and alcohol use. The sample for the study had an even fifty percent split between firstgeneration and non-first-generation college students. …

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The Effect Of Working Memory (N-Back) Training On Fluid Intelligence, David Preece

Theses : Honours

The purpose of this thesis is to report on a study that examined the effect of working memory training (using the n-back task) on fluid intelligence (Gf). Recent research by Jaeggi and colleagues (2008; 2010) found that training in a visualspatial n-back task resulted in gains on two different matrix reasoning tests of fluid intelligence (compared to participants who did no task). The present study replicated and extended these results by testing the fluid intelligence construct using a different type of fluid intelligence test, and employing an ‘active’ rather than ‘no-contact’ control group to account for motivational effects on intelligence …

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Climate Change In The Media: Collective Guilt And Behavioral Effects Of News Reports And Environmental Identity, Amanda Koehn

Senior Independent Study Theses

No abstract provided.

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Book Review: Making Chastity Sexy: The Rhetoric Of Evangelical Abstinence Campaigns, By Christine J. Gardner, Kelsy Burke

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Evangelical messages about adolescent sexuality appear straight-forward: unless they are married (and heterosexual), teens should not have sex. However, as communications scholar Christine J. Gardner shows in her book, Making Chastity Sexy: The Rhetoric of Evangelical Abstinence Campaigns, how evangelicals go about promoting abstinence is both complicated and unexpected. Gardner focuses on how social meanings about religion and sexuality are constructed in evangelical abstinence campaign by examining the rhetoric of three U.S. campaigns (the primary focus of the book) and one African campaign. One of her most surprising findings—and the one for which the book’s title is based—is that U.S. …

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The Politics Of Taxation: A Comparative Perspective, จรัส สุวรรณมาลา

Journal of Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

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India's Neoliberal Progress And Food Insecurity, Surat Horachaikul

Asian Review

Two decades ago India's then finance minister and current prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh set India on a new course of liberalization, privatization and globalization. This paper argues that the economic reform of 1991 was based on the concept of progress in the philosophy of neoliberalism, realized through the typical structural adjustment imposed by the World Bank and IMF, combined with Manmohan Singh's own vision of reform. This paper also evaluates the effects of neoliberal reform on food security in India. Despite high economic growth as measured by traditional GDP, food insecurity in India has shown little or no signs …

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An Excuse For Common Goods: The Multipurposeness Of The "Human Security" Concept In Japan's Foreign Policy, Teewin Suputtikun

Asian Review

This article examines the functions of the concept of human security in Japans foreign policy. Tracing the process by which Japan internalized the idea into policy formation and public discourse, the article shows that human security as a concept has served multiple purposes in the national quest for appropriate international roles. On one hand, the concept is used to resist the twin forces pulling Japanese roles away from the desirable status quo. These forces are the external pressure for a more active military contribution from Japan; and the domestic constraint against contribution policy in general. On the other hand, the …

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Human Security And Chinese Political Economy, Vorasakdi Mahatdhanobol

Asian Review

This article examines how China looks at the issue of human security and the change of their internal and external policies toward human security. Chinas repressive regime is now having a hard time maintaining itself while trying to enter into the world market. Opening up the country involves applying international versions of human rights for their citizens, adjusting their production system to suit international standards, cooperating with foreign countries, and so on. Changes that came with economic liberalization are shifting China into a new phase of development and governance with problems of ethnic conflict, corruption, and abuse of authority by …

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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Employment Growth From Public Support Of Innovation In Small Firms, Albert N. Link, John T. Scott

Upjohn Press

Dragon Versus Eagle: The Chinese Economy And U.S.-China Relations, Wei-Chiao Huang Editor, Huizhong Zhou Editor

Upjohn Press

News’ Australian Story Of Ethics And Self-Regulation: A Cautionary Tale, Rhonda Breit, Matthew Ricketson

Graduate School of Media and Communications

Effects Of Image Congruency On Persuasiveness And Recall In Direct-To-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising, Kristen M. Kiernicki

Theses and Dissertations--Communication

Institutional Factors Contributing To The Under-Representation Of African American Women In Higher Education: Perceptions Of Women In Leadership Positions, Kimberly Ann Robinson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Binding Accessibility And Online Anaphora Processing, Michael P. Mansbridge, Jeffrey Witzel

Linguistics & TESOL Faculty Publications & Presentations

Trade In A Long Country, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa

Open Educational Resources

Body Art, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa

Open Educational Resources

Bangladesh Through The Alphabet, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa

Open Educational Resources

An Immigration Debate, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa

Open Educational Resources

We're Going To Bangladesh - Now What?, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa

Open Educational Resources

I'Ll Trade You Dollars For Taka, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa

Open Educational Resources

Regions Of Chile Using The Five Themes Of Geography, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa

Open Educational Resources

Migration Streams, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa

Open Educational Resources

Pengaruh Penggabungan Mata Uang Di Uni Eropa Terhadap International Risk Sharing Dan Home Bias, Risna Triandhari, Sugiharso Safuan

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Indonesia

Analisis Pengaruh Transfer Pemerintah Pusat Terhadap Upaya Pemungutan Pajak Kabupaten/Kota Di Indonesia, Ruth Nikijuluw

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Indonesia

Determinan Intensitas Energi Di Indonesia, Fitri Kartiasih, Yusman Syaukat, Lukytawati Anggraeni

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Indonesia

Ua94/6/7 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Irene Gullette, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Selective Asymmetric Capital Financing Behavior: Preference Towards Equity Financing, Donald Lien, Melody Lo, Jinlan Ni

Economics Faculty Publications

The International Criminal Court, The United States, And What Next., Alexandria Russell

The Corinthian

Japoñolés: El Uso Del Japonés, Español E Inglés En La Comunidad Peruano Japonesa, Lily Niland

Fulbright Grantee Projects

The Effects Of Dual Enrollment Courses: Do They Prepare Students For College?, Ernesto Soto

McNair Scholars Research Journal

Generational Status, Sexual Behavior, And Alcohol Use Among College Students, Efren A. Velazquez

McNair Scholars Research Journal

The Effect Of Working Memory (N-Back) Training On Fluid Intelligence, David Preece

Theses : Honours

Climate Change In The Media: Collective Guilt And Behavioral Effects Of News Reports And Environmental Identity, Amanda Koehn

Senior Independent Study Theses

Book Review: Making Chastity Sexy: The Rhetoric Of Evangelical Abstinence Campaigns, By Christine J. Gardner, Kelsy Burke

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

The Politics Of Taxation: A Comparative Perspective, จรัส สุวรรณมาลา

Journal of Social Sciences

India's Neoliberal Progress And Food Insecurity, Surat Horachaikul

Asian Review

An Excuse For Common Goods: The Multipurposeness Of The "Human Security" Concept In Japan's Foreign Policy, Teewin Suputtikun

Asian Review

Human Security And Chinese Political Economy, Vorasakdi Mahatdhanobol

Asian Review